I'll have to keep this in mind. I don't think it applies here since my return value is either a 0 or a 1 (no records read or valid data found). I fill in the hash reference from the database data.
It never hurts to learn about a new module! --Chuck > -----Original Message----- > From: Frank [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 11:59 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: Re: Maintaining a Cache of Hash References > > > On Tue, Jan 15, 2002 at 11:41:28AM -0600, Tomasi, wrote: > > I'm trying to maintain a cache of hashes to reduce database > hits. What I > > want is to determine if I've retrieved the data from the DB > before, if so, > > just pass back the copy of information used last time, > otherwise read it > > from the DB and make a note of it. It would seem I'm not > copying the > > information in to the $user arg properly. Something like this: > > > ---end quoted text--- > > There is the Memoize module that caches the results of a function.... > > sub somefunc { > # hit db > return $results; > } > > use Memoize; > memoize('somefunc'); > > IIRC it then seemlessly caches in the background, for DB stuff also > checkout the expiring caches, in case values change in the DB. > > Documentation here: > http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/CPAN/data/perl/Memoize.html > > -- > Frank Booth - Consultant > Parasol Solutions Limited. > (www.parasolsolutions.com) > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
